Machine for treating foods



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MACHINE FOR TREATING FOODS Nov. 17, 1925'- Filed March 7, 1924 :5 Sheets-Sheet 1 IINVENTOR Jamea JT Bar/y a izmm ATTORNEY Nov; 17; 1925- V INVENTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 J J BARRY MACHINE FOR TREATING FOODS F i le d March '1,

James JEW/y A QRNEY! I J. J. BARRY mama's FOR TREATING FOODS Filed March 7. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 m. m Am IBap/v'y' 1 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 11 1925.

UNIT ED STAT-ES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. BARRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM '1.

GAMAGE, OF GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR TREATING Foons'.

Application filed March 7, 1924. Serial No. 697,560.

To all whomjt may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, James J. BARRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New vYork, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for TreatingFoods; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to pro rious features of novelty and invention will appear from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying three sheets of drawings forming part of this specification, and will be particularly set forth in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 is a plan view of the exterior of the machine.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same' with parts broken away showing the driving mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3 of Flg. 2.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the fish container which is adapted to be moved through the refrigerating machine from one end to the other thereof. a

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 indicates a cylindrical tank supported on suitable saddles 2 adapted to rest on the flooror a suitable foundation. The ends of the tank are normally closed by closure members 3.

Disposed within the tank is a spirally ar-.

ranged coil of pipe 4, the same being disposed-in spaced relation with the walls of the tank and supported at its ends by elbows 5 which are in connection with inlet and outlet pipes 6 and 7, respectively. The coils of the pipe are spaced from each other as indicated ,at 4' to form spiral tracks orpassages for a purpose hereinafter mention Extending through the tank and suppo rted in the closure ends 3 thereof in suitable bearings 8 is a shaft 9 on which is mounted a pair of spiders 10 having radial fingers'll which are connected by axially extending rods or pipes 12 and 13 which together with a platform 14extending between the rods 13 constitute troughs 15 in which fish-carrying packages 16 in the form of rectangular members are adapted to be received. The receptacles or containers 16 are placed in the troughs 15 by being entered through an opening 17 in the top of the tank and are removed therefrom by an opening 18 at the other end. of .the tank.

After the containers 16 have been placed in the troughs 15 they are rotated by the carrier and will be progressed from one end.

of the tank to the other by reason of the fact that a portion of said carriers extend between or into the passages formed by the separated coils of the. pipe 4. The out wardly projecting ends of the containers 16 will ride on the interior surface of the tank for a portion of their circular travel, as will be readily understood, but will otherwise rest on the platforms 14.

The carrier is driven in any suitable manner as by means of gearing 20 suitably connected to the shaft 9 and driven in any suitable manner as by means of a motor 21. v

The package carrier is rotated at a comparatively slow rate of speed, which speed will depend on the time required to'th0r oughly freeze the fish in the container 16. The tank is adapted to be filled with a freezing mixture, such as calcium chloride brine solution, which is adapted 'to be chilled by the refrigerant passing through the coil of pipe 4.

It will now be seen-that the coil of pipe 4 serves two distinct purposes, namely, as a means for guiding and progressing or mov-. ing the object from one end of the tank to the other as the'reel is rotated, and as a conduit through which a heat-exchanging or refrigerating medium passes for chilling the freezing mixture in the tank. It will also be seen that the walls of the lower edge of the tank serve as means for preventing the object from dropping through the space in the lower edge of the coil. What I claim is:

1. In combination, a cylindrical tank, a rotatable package carrier mounted within Q h I 1,562,280

'being separated to constitute a continuous spiral passage into which .the packages on the carrier extend, the' interior wall of the tank serving to confine the packages in position between said coils during the turning of the carrier-for progressing the packages from one end of the coil to the other, said carrier comprising a shaft extending through the tank, a pair of spiders mounted on said shaft in spaced relation to one another, said spiders having radialarms, a continuous platform extending between said arms and constituting the bottom of the trough, said platform being spaced inwardly from the free ends of said arms.

2. In combination with a coil of pipe having its coils arranged in spaced relation, a

reel within the coil adapted to support and progress objects when the latter extend through the spaces between the coils, a tank within which the coil and reel are mounted, and means for preventing the objects from dropping through the spaces in said coil, the latterhaving'inlet and outlet openings at its ends through which a heat-exchanging medium may pass.

'3. The combination with a tank, of astationary refrigerating and conveyor coil arranged to define a spiral passage, and a revoluble drum arranged within the coil and upon which objects are adapted to be placed with parts of the latter projecting of the drum the articles will be caused to traverse the passageway and move longitudinally of the casing. v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES J. BARRY.

into the passageway, whereby upon rotation 

